Joyciline Jepkosgei

Quick Facts

Full Name	Joyciline Jepkosgei
Occupation	Long-Distance Runner
Date Of Birth	Dec 8, 1993(1993-12-08)
Age	31
Country	Kenya
Horoscope	Sagittarius

Joyciline Jepkosgei Biography

Joyciline Jepkosgei is one of the most popular and richest Long- Distance Runner who was born on December 8, 1993 in Kenya. Joyciline Jepkosgei (born 8 December 1993) is a Kenyan female long-distance runner , who races across distances ranging from 10,000m up to the distance of a marathon. She is currently the half-marathon world record holder in races which have mixed-gender fields. She has a personal best of 64:51 mins as well as the record holder for the 10km race with 29:43 mins. She won a bronze medal over 10,000m during the African Championships in Athletics in 2016. Jepkosgei set a new international record in the half-marathon of 1:04:52 in the Sportisimo Prague Half Marathon in April 2017and became the first woman to beat 65 minutes. In addition, she broke unofficially the IAAF-ratified records of 10km, 15km and 20 km in the course and broke four world records at one race. She was also Kenya’s first Kenyan ever to break six world records within the space of six months.

She took part in her first top-level half-marathon at the beginning of 2017 , and took almost three minutes off of her personal best. She crossed the finish line in 66.08 minutes to finish third in the RAK Half Marathon. She was the seventh fastest ever runner at that time. In the end, Peres Jepchirchir set a new world record. Jepkosgei completed the race in the fastest time for her place in the race, along with the runner-up Mary Keitany. The two Jepchirchir and Keitany had been awarded world championships for half marathons which established Jepkosgei as one of the best in the world. One one month after, she returned to the course and proved to be the fastest person ever by winning at the Prague Half Marathon. In that race, she broke four world records in the course in a time of 30 minutes and five seconds at 10K, 45.37 at 15K and 61.25 at 20K.

In September of 2017 using an male pacer she also made improvements to her 10K world record by 29:43, just one second ahead by Fancy Chemutai (30:06) as well as Violah Jepchumba (30:25) during the Prague Grand Prix, thus becoming the first woman to complete the race in less than 30 minutes.

Joyciline Jepkosgei Net Worth

Joyciline Jepkosgei is one of the richest Long-Distance Runner from Kenya. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Joyciline Jepkosgei 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

Jepkosgei became professional-level runner at this year’s Nairobi Half Marathon, where she placed fifth in 1:14:06 minutes. She slashed her best time to 1:09:09 seconds in the following one. In 2016, she ran the First Lady’s Half Marathon in the Kenyan capital, where she finished in second place behind Valentine Kipketer. She sped up two seconds to win at the Karlovy Vary Half Marathon, which put her among the top 30 runners in the race that year.

A part of the Kenya Defence Forces, she was twice runners-up in their national track championships held in the year 2016 for the 5000 meters and 10,000 meters. A third place finishing in the 10,000 m in the Kenyan Athletics Championships led to her first selection to the international team for in the 2016 African Championships in Athletics. She won the bronze medal with an individual record time of 31:28.28 minutes. Jepkosgei finished her year of breakthrough by finishing second in the Prague Grand Prix and a victory at the Marseille-Cassis Classique Internationale.

In November 2019, Jepkosgei won the New York City Marathon in her official debut at the distance with a time of 2:22:38, the second fastest time on the course for women.

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Facts & Trivia

Joyciline Ranked on the list of most popular Long-Distance Runner. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in Kenya. Joyciline Jepkosgei celebrates birthday on December 8 of every year.

Top Facts about Joyciline Jepkosgei

1. Joyciline Jepkosgei is a Kenyan long-distance runner.
2. She holds the world record for the half marathon.
3. Jepkosgei ran her first half marathon in 2016.
4. She won the New York City Half Marathon in 2017.
5. Jepkosgei has also won multiple other races around the world.
6. Her personal best time for the half marathon is 1:04:51.
7. She has competed in both track and road races.
8. Jepkosgei was named Kenya’s Sports Personality of the Year in 2017.
9. She trains with Global Sports Communication in Kaptagat, Kenya.
10. Jepkosgei is known for her strong finishing kick and endurance abilities.